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• PhD in Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Warwick, 2012
• MSc in Environmental Biotechnology, Istanbul Technical University, 2003
• BEng (Hons) in Environmental Engineering, Istanbul Technical University, 2001

Dr Eyice completed a BEng (Hons) in Environmental Engineering (2001) and an MSc in Environmental Biotechnology (2003) at Istanbul Technical University (ITU), where she developed an interest in the microbial ecology of biological wastewater treatment plants. She worked as Research and Teaching Assistant in the Molecular Biology and Genetics Department at ITU from 2002 to 2008, and as a visiting researcher at Newcastle University (UK) between 2004-2005 and 2006-2007. During these appointments, she focused on the microbial ecology of the nitrogen cycle in aerobic wastewater treatment reactors.

Dr Eyice subsequently broaden her research focus to natural environments, obtaining her PhD from the University of Warwick in 2012 for her work on the microbial degradation of dimethylsulfide in terrestrial ecosystems. Following her PhD, she conducted postdoctoral research on microbial community structure in anaerobic sediments at the University of Warwick. In 2015, she began her independent academic career as a Lecturer at the Queen Mary University of London, where she was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2021. Her primary research now centres on microbial diversity and activity of methane production within coastal sediments, peatlands and anaerobic digesters treating industrial wastewater. She also works on the impact of microplastic and bioplastic pollution on microbial diversity and function in natural ecosystems. In 2025, she joined the School of Biosciences at the University 麻豆精选 as an Associate Professor, supported by a 125th Anniversary Fellowship.

Dr Eyice supervised PhD students working on the microbial degradation of organosulfur compounds in anaerobic sediments, methane production via one-carbon compound degradation in coastal sediments and peatlands as well as the impact of plastic pollution on microbial diversity in natural ecosystems. She welcomes applications for and inquiries about PhD study in her group.

Dr Eyice’s research focuses on two main themes orientating around the microbial ecology of natural environments and engineered ecosystems:

• Microbial ecology of organosulfur cycling (mainly dimethylsulfide -DMS and dimethylsulfoniopropionate -DMSP) and methane production in anaerobic coastal sediments and peatlands using traditional microbiology tools and advanced molecular techniques.
• Characterisation and manipulation of microbial populations for methane and resource recovery in the form of volatile fatty acids from wastewaters. 

More recently her research interests have included:

• Impact of microplastic and bioplastic pollution on the microbial populations in natural ecosystems.
• Microbial ecology and pathways of nitrous oxide production and emissions in wastewater treatment reactors to reach net-zero.